A coding bootcamp “gives you a good foundation and kind of springboards you into the new career,” Philadelphia-based developer Cody Norman told us. “… It allowed me to get jobs that otherwise would’ve been pretty tough.”

If you want to work in the tech world, but not in development, think about how to use your other skills.

These companies have tons of departments to staff, from HR and accounting to social media and marketing to food service for those famous on-site cafeterias.

2. Know Where to Look for Jobs

You probably won’t happen across a Google job listing on Craigslist. (If you do, please don’t tell your interviewer that’s where you found it.)

To stay in the loop with the top jobs in tech, use a site geared toward people who work in your industry.

Use it like any job-search site to filter by position, location, company and other criteria — except you won’t have sift through a bunch of irrelevant listings, because the site caters to the kinds of jobs you’re looking for.

4. Develop Skills Google Cares About (Other Companies Will Care, Too)

It’s clear you don’t have to exude a traditional professionalism to make it onto the campus decorated in colors reminiscent of kindergarten. What does matter, then?

First, Bock says, “general cognitive ability… Not just raw [intelligence] but the ability to absorb information.”

They also look for “emergent leadership. … when you see a problem, you step in and try to address it. Then you step out when you’re no longer needed.”

Next, they look for a quality you may have heard of in the lore: “Googleyness.”

It’s the name the company gives to those characteristics that make you a cultural fit, which Bock says boil down to “intellectual humility.” You don’t have to be warm and friendly, but you need to be able to admit — and believe — when you’re wrong if you want to mesh with other Googlers.

Last on the list, they look for “expertise in the job we’re gonna hire you for.”

Surprised that one’s last? Google isn’t the only company that hires this way — it’s just the company that’s made the idea most famous in the past decade.

If you can learn and understand new information, are willing to step in where you’re needed, and can admit and adjust when you’re wrong, then picking up the skills needed for a position should be a piece of cake.